Audio guide introduction: 3 minute 07 seconds
Location: Ground floor of the square
Located in the heart of Central, the Landmark Atrium is the former site of the Hong Kong Hotel. Art exhibitions are held from time to time in the four connected shopping malls. Art masterpieces created by international art masters and local artists are also permanently displayed in the malls.
One of the most famous exhibits is a 360-centimeter-tall bronze sculpture - The Burning Woman - created by the artist Salvador Dali and located near the entrance of the York Building. Salvador Dalí, who was named Marquis of Pupol, was an important Surrealist painter. When he was young, Dalí studied at the Royal Academy of San Fernando in Madrid. Later, he met the Surrealist artist Picasso and others in Paris, and soon became one of the leaders of the Surrealist movement. In Spain, together with Picasso and Joan Miró, he was known as one of the three most influential artists in Spain. artist. Throughout his life, Dali indulged his eccentric and indulgent behavior, claiming it was the source of his creative power. Dali had excellent drawing skills, which made the images in his surreal works world-famous despite being weird but outstanding. Dalí liked to collaborate with artists working in different media, so his artistic field was very broad, even including film, sculpture and photography.
Dali's sculptures - "Lobster Telephone" (1936) and "Mae West Lips Sofa" (1937) - are the most representative works of the Surrealist movement. Two famous objects, and the other work, "La persistencia de la memoria, 1931", is an oil painting called "The Soft Clock". The clock in the painting changes from hard to soft, hanging on The "soft clock" pattern on tree branches, table edges and on Dali's body is still widely imitated by many designs to this day. The bronze sculpture displayed in the atrium of Landmark Plaza - "Woman Aflame" (1980) combines two of Dali's favorite symbols: fire and drawers. Dali was fascinated by fire because of its almost hypnotic effect on onlookers. As for the drawer, it symbolizes that children have an innate curiosity about closed spaces and always want to explore to see what is hidden inside and at the same time drive away the fear of the unknown. These drawers are slightly open, symbolizing that the secrets inside are known and there is no need to be afraid anymore.
The Landmark did not enclose this valuable Dali sculpture. You can take a closer look and even touch it. When you walk to the back of the bronze statue, you can see Dali's signature on the base, and the "2/8" mark next to it is Eight pieces were made to represent this work, and this is the second of them.
